Communications System Owner Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
- 1. INTRODUCTION TO CONNECTIVITY
- 2. COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NETWORKING (em AN OVERVIEW
- 3. TANDEM TIE TRUNK NETWORKS
- 4. MAIN-SATELLITE/TRIBUTARY (MS/T) NETWORKS THROUGH THE UDP OR MULTIPREMISES PACKAGES
- 5. ELECTRONIC TANDEM NETWORK (ETN) THROUGH THE ETN AND PNA PACKAGES
- 6. DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (DCS)
- 7. DATA CONNECTIVITY - AN OVERVIEW
- 8. DATA COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES
- 9. DATA COMMUNICATIONS CONFIGURATIONS
- A. RELATED DOCUMENTS
- B. SYNCHRONIZATION OF DIGITAL FACILITIES
- THE NEED FOR SYNCHRONIZATION
- SYNCHRONIZATION HIERARCHY
- CHANGES TO THE SCS SOFTWARE MADE AVAILABLE VIA SOFTWARE PATCHES
- NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION AND ENGIINEERING
- AVAILABILITY OF SYNCHRONIZATION SOURCES
- CONCLUSIONS ON SYNCHRONIZATION
- USE OF GENERIC 2 AS A SYSTEM CLOCK REFERENCE
- USE OF GENERIC 1 AS A SYSTEM CLOCK REFERENCE
- C. TRUNKING TERMS AND CAPABILITIES
- D. COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS
- E. LEAD DEFINITIONS
- F. NETWORKING FEATURES - AVAILABILITY MATRIX
- ABBREVIATIONS
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX

DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (DCS) 6-5
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(See chapter 9 for detailed permanent connection configurations. The DEFINITY Communications System
System 75 and Generic 1.1 Implementation manual (555-204-654) and the DEFINITY Communications
System System 85 and Generic 2 Feature Descriptions manual (555-104-301) provide permanent
connection implementation details.)
When DCS signaling is channeled through a DS1 port, the signaling channel can be carried over the same
DS1 facility as that which carries voice between the network nodes.
See AT&T Product Interfaces Reference — DEFINITY Communications System Generic 2.1 to Generic 1.1
with DCS for detailed procedures for establishing DS1 DCS channels using permanent connections.
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Figure 6-3. Direct Link DCS Connections